Removable mouthpiece for smoking-pipes.



F. B.. LINDLEY.

REMOVABLB MOUTHPIEGE FOR SMOKING PIPES.,

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1911.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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FREDERICK R. LVINDLEYY, OF`CORSI-CAN-A, TEXAS.

i REMOVABLEMOTTTHPIECE FOR SMOKINGLPIPES."

n Speccation-of'Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 3', 1912.

Application filed August 30, 1911. Serial No. 646,808.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that ll, FREDERICK R. LIND- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corsicana, in the county of Navarro and State of rleXas, have invented new and useful improvements in Removable Mouthpieces for Smoking-Pipes, of which the foluser by preventing the wearing away of theo teeth resultant from holding the stem of the pipe in the mouth, also enabling the user of the pipe to firmly hold the stem in the',

mouth when smoking.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a mouth piece which may be removably fitted upon the end'of the stem of a pipe, and that is provided with a valve Vwhich permits the drawing of smoke through the stem of the pipe, but will prevent the ingress of moisture or saliva through the stem to the bowl, thereby maintaining the pipe sweet and free from nicotin, during the use thereof.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a mouth piece which is simple of construction, thoroughly reliable and purpose, and inexpensive' in efficient in its manufacture. ,K

With these and otherlobj etsdn view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter `more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawingspand ypointed out inthe claims hereunto "a1-p pended. In the drawingsz'Figure isafperspective view of a pipe, showing the mouth piece applied thereto. Figlj2' is van enlarged pervspective viewk ofthe mouth piece ,removed to tips` for tobacco from the pipe, the same being partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings. l y

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5 designates the stem of a smoking pipe of the ordinary well-known construction. To the mouth engaging. end thereof is removably fitted a resilient or elastic mouth piece, as will be hereinafter more fully described. This mouth piece comprises an elastic body 6 construct-ed preferably from rubber, having opposed flattened sides 7, the said body being provided withone end wall 8, containing a central perforation?) extending only through one-half of the thickness of the said wall and opening through the inner face thereof. ilhis perforation' 9 intersects a counter seat 10,.'the same being cut into the outer face cf the wall 8 to provide a resilient flap valve 11, normally seated therein and closing the perforation 9 in the wall of the body of the mouth piece. This mouth piece is removably tted on the mouth engaging end of the stem 5 of the pipe and when the said stem is positioned within the mouth of a smoker, on inhaling, the valve 1.1 will swing to open position, thus permittin the smoke to be' sucked into the mout-h o the f smoker and upon the aspiration of the latthereby retaining the.- latter dry and obviating the accumulation of nicotin thereof.

lhen the mouth piece becomes worm the same maybe readily removed from the end ,of the stem of .the,'p1pe,' so that a new one may be placed in lieu thereof.` l

What is' claimed is:

`body having van o enend and a thickened opposite closed en ,v .the said 'thickened end being formed wlth a vcentral. aperture extending'from the inner side toa point. only H "f l. A mouth piece, comprising an .elastic partially through the same, and 'a 'fiattongue eut lfrom the thickened' end inthe outer side'thereof, .andwdapted to open and close the'openingsaid thickened mi y. i

2. A mouth piece of the class described, ture opening-through the inner 'side thereof comprising :iny elastic body having an open and into the counter seat. 1U

end and provided with a thickened end Wall In testimony whereof I aix my signature at the opposite end, and a flexible tongue in presence of two Witnesses.

cut from the said thickened end Wall to pro- FREDERICK R. LINDLEY. vide a valve thereon and a counter seat Witnesses: therein for receiving the same, the said DELPHA I-IAMMETT,

thickened Wall being provided with an aper- RICHD. MAYs. 

